Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,071, Thomas Furber, N.H.

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Furber, Thomas or Furben,
No. 23071
Elizabeth
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Maine. 2665-
Elizabeth Furber, Widow of Thomas Furber,
who died on the 20 th June 1813 of HORN in the State of Maine who was a Pen. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Tutcomb of the Reg t commanded by Poor in the Mass s line for 8 mo 24 dy
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 29 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May '39, and sent to and Hon. A. Solon S. Barwick, Min.
Arrears to the 14th of March - $234.64 Semi-annual allowance ending 14.66 $249.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R Burdin Clerk ok A Vol. 2 - Page 6 -

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Elizabeth Humber's Declaration for a pension -
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Since 24 days pre
$29.33
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Wm A Hayes S. Berwick me

State of Maine.
York, ss.—
I, JOHN SKEELE, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify that
William A. Hayes is Judge of said Court of Probate and that he, the said William A. Hayes is also a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the signatures to the papers hereunto annexed and purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this tenth day of December , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- eight .
John Skeele
Register of Probate York County.

State of Maine
County of York ss. On this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before me William Allen Hayes, Judge of the Court of Probate being a Court of Record within and for the County of York in the State of Maine, Elizabeth Furben a Resident of South Berwick in the County of York, aforesaid, aged eighty one years who by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel & attend Court, and who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July the fourth eighteen hundred and thirty five, that she is the widow of Thomas Furben formerly of Rochester in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire, who was a private soldier in the army of the revolution, that the said Thomas Furben in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five enlisted as a private soldier into Captain Benjamin Pitkin's company, of continental troops of the New Hampshire line, for the term of eight months. The said company belonged to Colonel Peabody's Regiment, John Sullivan's Brigade. The company was first organized at Dover N.H. where they repeatedly met for discipline and afterwards marched to Cambridge Massachusetts where the said Thomas Furben with his company served eight months for which term he enlisted and was honorably discharged.
Also in June in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, the said Thomas Furben enlisted into the army of the Revolution to march to Rhode Island for two or three months and after so enlisting in June seventeen hundred & eighty seventy eight he marched to Rhode Island & served there two an half months against

the same man enemy. The company was commanded, I think but cannot certainly say, by one Russell. Ebenezer Ricker was Lieuten- ant of the company - Joshua Wingate was the Col. of the Regiment to which the said company belonged, and General John Sul- livan was then commander in chief on that station - I often having served two of an half months as a Militia Soldier on this duty was discharged & returned home.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Furbens on the fourth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Furbens died on the twentieth day of June in the year eighteen hundred & fifteen, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs herunto annexed.
Witness Wm. A. Hayes.
Thomas Furbens Elizabeth X Furbens Mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of the Court of Probate York Co. Me
I certify that the said Elizabeth Furbens by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel and attend court - -
Wm. A. Hayes Judge of the Court of Probate York Co. Maine

Extract from the Records of the town of Rochester in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire
"Thomas Furbish & Elizabeth Burnham married July the fourth Seventeen hundred & sixty five"
I James C. Cole Clerk of said town of Rochester depose testify & say that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said town, with the excep- tion of the date, which is expressed on the record in plain legible figures as follows viz:
"July 4 th 1765"
James C. Cole Town Clerk of Rochester
I James C. Cole above named depose testify and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Rochester before named, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said town with the exception aforesaid as certified by me -
James C. Cole Town Clerk of Rochester
State of Maine County of York ss On the twenty third day of November A.D. 1838 Sworn to & subscribed by the said James C. Cole Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace -
I William A. Hayes Justice of the Peace above named certify that the said James C. Cole is well known to me, that he is a person of truth and veracity, that his statements under oath are entitled to full credit & that to my knowledge he is Town Clerk of said town of Rochester
Wm. A. Hayes Justice of the Peace in & for said County of York -

I Richard Furber of Farmington in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire Esquire aged eighty five years the twentieth day of September last past, depose testify and say that in the early part of the summer of the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight, I think in June - went came to Rochester that General John Sullivan, who then resided in the neighbouring town of Durham, that he wanted soldiers to go on to Rhode Island to his relief, where he then was - A great number of soldiers in this vicinity in Strafford County N.H. volunteered to march to Rhode Island - About twenty five soldiers went from Rochester - Thomas Furber and I were in that number. We marched together to Providence, there crossed the Ferry to Rhode Island, where we joined the army - When we joined the army, the N.H. volunteers were organized into a Regiment by Gen- John Sullivan, commander in chief, but under Col. Joshua Wingate of Dover N.H. - I think, but cannot say certainly that our Brigade of Barnington commanded our company, but am certain that Ebenezer Richards of Rochester was Lieutenant of our company - We served there till the first of September of the same year viz: 1778 - when we returned home - I have always supposed we served on this tour two & a half months, but when I received my pension certificate the pension department allowed me only two months - I know that the said Thomas Furber served on this tour as long as I did & was honorably discharged. I further testify and say that in October A.D. 1775 I enlisted into a company of Militia commanded by Capt. David Copp of Wakefield N.H. - we marched to

Portsmouth, stayed there several days, and then marched to Cambridge Massachusetts, & served there three months the term of our enlistment. General Sullivan requested us to remain fifteen days longer till other troops came in, which we did - & was finally discharged & returned home the last of January A.D. 1776 - I think our company was put into Col Burnham's Regiment - While I was at Cambridge on this duty in November, December and January I often saw my cousin Thomas Furness on duty as a private soldier in the regular continental army, attached to Col. Benjamin Pitcairn's company or Jonathan Wentworth's company - John Sullivan was his Brigadier General - Col. Pease's Regiment, John McDuffee of Rochester Lieutenant Colonel - Colley of Nottingham Major - Andrew McClary of Epsom was Major in the same Regiment & was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill - I then understood that the said Thomas Furness had enlisted into the regular army the spring before for eight months - and I know that he served that term out & was honorably discharged - I further testify & say that the said Thomas Furness died twenty years ago, and that his widow is still living - I was the adjutant of Col. Pease's Reg- iment at the taking of Bunker Hill - & since the war I have been Briga- dier General of the Militia
Richd. Dummer
State of Maine County of York ss. On this fifth day of December in the year eighteen hundred &

thirty eight personally appeared the said Richard Furber who is well known to me and whom I certify to be a man of truth & veracity, of his statements under oath are entitled to full cred & I made oath that the foregoing statement, by him subscribed is true
Before me Wm. A. Hayes Just. Peace

I Joshua Sunben of South Berwick in the County of York & State of Maine aged forty eight years of more depose testify and say That my father Thomas Sunben died, on the twen- tieth day of June in the year eighteen hun- dred & thirteen, and that my mother the widow of the said Thomas Sunben, Elizabeth Sunben is still living, and has remained single & unmarried ever since the decease of the said Thomas Sunben my father, She has made my house her home for the last thirteen years - I have ever understood & verily believe that she is the same woman to whom my father was married as stated on Berwick town Record July 11th 1776 - I have often heard my said father say That he was out in the Revolutionary War though I am not able to state his particular services - Joshua Sunben
State of Maine, County of York ss On this sixth day of December A.D. 1838, personally appeared the said Joshua Sunben who is well known to me and whom I certify to be a person of truth and veracity, of whose statements under oath are entitled to full credit & made oath That the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is true Before me Wm. H. Hayes Just. Peace

I James Burnham of Somersworth in the county of Strafford & State of New Hampshire, aged eighty four years, depose testify and say That in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, I think in the month of May, I enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Benjamin Pitcomb's company of United States Infantry for the term of eight months. Thomas Lumben at that time lived in Rochester the next adjoining town to Somersworth N.H. where I then lived & have resided since. - The said Thomas Lumben enlisted as a private soldier in the said Benjamin Pitcomb's company for the term of eight months. Our company was called together at Dover N.H. for exercise & improvement in military discipline and on the next Monday after the Battle of Bunker-Hill the said Thomas Lumben with his company marched from Dover to Cambridge & served there eight eight months against the common enemy. Our company belonged to Col. Isaac Potts Regiment of the New Hampshire line - John Sullivan was brigade general - Giles of Nottingham was the Major of our Regiment - John M c Duffee was Lieutenant of our company - I knew the said Thomas Lumben for years before he went into the army & ever afterwards till he died - I perfectly well recall that the said Thomas Lumben enlisted & served eight months with me as aforesaid in the army of the revolution - I was honorably discharged I was appointed sergeant in the company while at Cambridge, afterwards in the year 1780 I was commissioned & served as a lieu- tenant in the army of the revolution - I now draw a pension of one hundred & twenty eight Dollars per month - James Burnham State of Maine,
County of York ss - On this twenty third day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight

personally appeared the said James Bunnham who is well known to me, of whom I certify to be a man of truth & veracity, and whose statements under oath are entitled to full credit, and subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Deposition Before me Wm. H. Hayes Just Peace.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23071
Elizabeth Furber wid of Thomas Furber Brn Brn was
Act: July 4th  186
Index:--Vol. A , Page 859
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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4 July 1836
(Revolutionary Papers)
James S. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington

These Certificates may be sent to William A. Hoyt, South Berwick York County Maine
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